East Bay Man's Nonprofit Help People With Disabilities Live Independently

CBS Bay Area

October 29, 206

An East Bay man has led an important movement in California by helping people with disabilities to live independently in the community.      In a music therapy class, people living with disabilities get to choose the instrument they want to play. Outside of class, Tom Heinz ensures they get choices in life as well.

"We want people with disabilities to have the same basic opportunities that non-disabled people have," Heinz said.

Heinz founded East Bay Innovations in 1994. The San Leandro-based nonprofit provides education, employment, housing and supportive services so that adults living with disabilities can live as independently as possible in their homes, with their own jobs.

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